Re: [DIYbio] Re: Stem Cells out of wisdom teeth

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Josiah Zayner <josiah.zayner@gmail.com> wrote:
> The people discouraging you to work with cells because you might catch a
> disease are just paranoid and/or have never worked with human cell lines
> before.

Woah, slow down there high-speed. I'm advocating caution and safety
in the face of a real (if remote) possibility. The chance that our OP
will actually give himself cancer is small, but the consequences if it
does happen are unacceptably large and the probable reward from his
work is small to non-existent. Under any risk analysis plan that puts
his plans solidly in the "no-go" category.

> 3. You swallow your own cells and other people's cells all the time.

Your own un-modified cells, sure. Cells you have removed from your
body and messed with are another issue entirely.

> Cathal that is ridiculous. I have worked with cell culture a ton(HEK, HeLa,
> breast cancer cell lines) and have never had to be vaccinated against
> anything for that purpose. No one I know has been. EU laws maybe at fault?

Cathal is both a professional and a well-educated geneticist; I
wouldn't discard his perspective on this issue so lightly.

-Dan

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